5 speed launching techniques

[Timmy]

I need to work on my sixties and i wanted to know how everyone launches. I just hold the tach at 2 g's and dump the clutch on the 3rd yellow. Do I need to be letting it out slower to avoid spinning or what? Let me know.

[RallyRed 98]

i don't really dump, but i let it out quickly at 4000 rpm... then again i'm running 275s and LSD.

that probably won't work so well on a pegleg. when eric (mustangeater) decides to return to the board i'm sure he'll tell you all the secrets to launching with an open diff.

[Timmy]

I'll only have the peg leg until the 18th. Onc I get back to michigan with my Nitrous, Im putting it in. Thats why I want advice. I get back the 18th abd am going to Milan Dragway for test and tune on the 19th.
P.S. I will be on E.T. Streets also.

[WickEdSix9838]

With my street tires and on a half-*** prepped track i rev and hold mine to 2500-2800 and dump the clutch, feathering has always hurt my ET's

BTW: i hope you have a clutch for the ET streets cuz my 245 Nitto's slip my stock one!

[wantmorepower]

I know it is terrible for your clutch but on the steet i have had better luck with a bit of feathering. Rev till about 35-3700 and let out the clutch. It is a very fine line for me between just dumping the clutch and feathering. My launch seems hardest if i am able to let the clutch out just heavy enough to get a very small amount of wheel spin.

[MustangEater8251]

I rev it up to ~3000-3500 and I featehr the clutch out, as I let it out I progressively let it out harder...

I start lettig it slow then at the last second I am dumping it... Its hard to explain... its sort of a quick feathering of the clutch.

[Timmy]

thanks for trying to explain it though. I went to milan yesterday and still couldn't do better than 2.3. It motivated me though. I was at the machine shop getting my bearings pressed on early this morning. Now all i need is a day without rain, or at least 3 hours of no rain anyways.

[FRENCH_CAMAROV6]

3000 - 3500
Damned...
When I tried up to 2500 rpm, I've smoked my tires...

MustangEater8251, are you able to put it on a video?

[wantmorepower]

You don't completely dump it at 3000 ... you have to be a bit more gentle.

[Seppo Kaitainen]

dump from 3k-3.2k

Of course this is w/ nittos, lsd, and 3.73s....

I would launch harder but my clutch would slip.

[12secondv6]

Practice is the key.

I dump the neon

I've dumped pathogen and smoked the tires

Sometimes a car likes to be dumped or slipped.

It depends on the suspension and tire

[GhostRunner]

When I take off in my 5speed, I'm usually sitting right at 2 grand.. I let out the clutch fast enough to have it fully catch within about a half second.. With my open diff, I'm getting slight wheel spin for maybe 3 feet, then it hooks up. But I also have 275s in the rear..

[MustangEater8251]

Originally posted by FRENCH_CAMAROV6:
3000 - 3500
Damned...
When I tried up to 2500 rpm, I've smoked my tires...

MustangEater8251, are you able to put it on a video?

Possibly...

I'll see if I have some free time tomorrow, problem is I might not be able to do it right... I have been having some clutch problems as of recently [img]smile.gif[/img]

If I do I am gonna have to send via AIM... It will be too big for me to upload, unless someone can host it for me...

[ May 27, 2004, 03:57 AM: Message edited by: MustangEater8251 ]

[93camaro_zzz]

Originally posted by MustangEater8251:
I rev it up to ~3000-3500 and I featehr the clutch out, as I let it out I progressively let it out harder...

I start lettig it slow then at the last second I am dumping it... Its hard to explain... its sort of a quick feathering of the clutch.

This is exactly what I do. I also have 275's, posi, and a 5 speed. It seems to work well for me. I hope to get to the track soon, and really heat them up, and try it. Hopefully I could hit a 2.1 60'. I would be happy with that. ;)